BEIRUT / JERUSALEM - Israeli artillery shelling and airstrikes have killed more people in southern Lebanon since the early hours on Tuesday morning, said Lebanese military sources.

The anonymous military sources told Xinhua that the heavy Israeli artillery continued from last night until this morning, when about 150 shells were fired at more than 30 towns and villages in the border area of southern Lebanon.

Israeli drones and warplanes also carried out 15 raids on 12 towns and villages in south Lebanon at dawn on Tuesday, with intensive drone activities recorded across eastern and southern Lebanon.

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"This morning, intensive movements of Israeli armored forces were monitored along the borderline," said the sources.

On early Tuesday, an Israeli raid killed six people in the house of Hassan Maqdah, the son of Munir Maqdah who heads the Lebanese branch of the Palestinian group Fatah's armed wing, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, according to Lebanese military sources.

Hezbollah forces in Lebanon fired rockets at Tel Aviv and other central cities on Tuesday morning, moderately injuring one man.

The rockets triggered sirens across central Israel and several settlements in the northern West Bank.

The Israeli military stated that "a number of projectiles were identified crossing from Lebanon into Israeli territory, some of which were intercepted."

Israel's Magen David Adom rescue service reported that a 54-year-old bus driver was hit by shrapnel, sustaining moderate injuries.

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The rocket attack occurred shortly after the Israeli military warned of the planned attacks in the area and urged civilians in southern Lebanon to stay north of the Litani River.

Since Sept 23, the Israeli army has been conducting an unprecedented, intensive air attack on Lebanon, dubbed "Arrows of the North", in a dangerous escalation with Hezbollah.

Hezbollah denial

The Israeli claims that its forces have entered Lebanon are "false", said Hezbollah's media officer Mohammad Afif on Tuesday, the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) reported. "No direct ground clashes have yet taken place between the resistance fighters and the occupation forces," Afif said, noting that "the resistance fighters are ready for a direct confrontation with the enemy forces who dare or attempt to enter Lebanese territory."

Afif added that the bombing of the headquarters of Israel's intelligence agency Mossad and the Unit 8200 base is "only the beginning".

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The Islamic Resistance announced earlier on Tuesday that it launched a barrage of Fadi 4 missiles at the Glilot base, which belongs to the 8200 military intelligence unit, as well as the Mossad headquarters located in the suburbs of Tel Aviv.

A statement released by Hezbollah said that the resistance also targeted the Doviv barracks with Falaq rockets as well as the gathering of Israeli forces near the settlement of Rosh Pina with a rocket barrage.

Hezbollah, an ally of Hamas, has launched barrages of rockets at Israel since last October in solidarity with Hamas and the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. 

Israel expands restrictions

Israel on Tuesday broadened restrictions on civilians in central Israel, including Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, after Hezbollah fired missiles at central Israel following Israel's ground invasion into southern Lebanon.

The updated guidelines, issued by the Home Front Command, raised the alert level to Stage 2 for areas in the north and center of the country, including Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, the Sharon region, the Carmel area, Wadi Ara, and the northern occupied West Bank.

In these areas, schools and other educational activities may only be conducted in locations equipped with bomb shelters.

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Gatherings were limited to 30 people in open spaces and 300 people indoors. The changes, coming a day before the Jewish New Year, take effect immediately and will remain in place at least until the end of the holiday on Saturday night, according to the Home Front Command.

The military said in a statement that the new restrictions were issued "following a situational assessment."

They were released after Hezbollah fired several Fadi-4 missiles, claiming to target the Mossad headquarters north of Tel Aviv. One man was moderately injured.